Poor print colour

I have been using ink cartridges for my Canon Pixma ip4200 that require reusing the chip each time. Do they wear out? The yellow and pink are now very pale, but do not seem to be clogged. Or would it be the printer heads instead? If I buy new cartridges (with new chip) would it solve the problem? Thanks

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You might want to double check to make sure that your printer takes two color cartridges? If I remember correctly, the Pixma takes one black and one color cartridge? If you put a color cartridge in the black ink assembly that would cause it to stop printing.

Double check and make sure that you have one black cartridge in the correct place and one color on the other side.

I
have a Canon Pixma iP4300 printer and the Yellow ink is not printing. I
have changed the particular cartridge and all other colours are working except
Yellow. I have cleansed the printer several times and tried with new Yellow ink cartridges with new chips, but nothing helps.What should I do?

Although refill inks can be quite good, it is likely the cause. Several companies do make good refill inks for canon but they are specific to model lines and you have to be sure you get the right ones for photo colour.

The inks you're using are likely "universal" inkjet inks and are fine for everyday printing but are rarely ever colour corrected properly for photo.

My recomendation to all of my customers is always to keep a new cartridge handy for photos but to use the refilled ones whenever they are printing anything else as it will give you the best balance between print cost and print quality.

in the printer driver there is a option that whenever you install a new cartridge it has to be reset otherwise it shows the message the above you quoted. one more option is there that is change the chip of yellow cartridge and black, after doing this please whip circuits of the cartridge and printer carriage block before installing the cartridge

The chips are not read by lasers. That was a load. There are contacts in the carriage assembly for thses chips.

First, if you put a chip that says empty onto a new cartridge, what do
you get? A new cartridge that still says empty. The chip has to be
reset, if it can be. Some internet sites sell "Kits" for resetting the
chips.

If the reset doesn't work, and just buggers up the chip, you'll get results much like what you are describing.

Also, if the chip is damaged in some way during transfer or resetting,
you'll also get mixed results much like what you are describing.

You get what you pay for. If you want to use crap cartridges or crap
ink, buy a crap generic machine. If you're buying a decent machine like
a Canon, spend the extra couple of bucks for the OEM ink, it's worth it.

I had the same problem. Try cleaning the print heads. They tend to clog. Remove the cartridges, then remove the print head. Tilted slightly, it comes out easily. Run very warm to hot water over the print heads until they all run clear. Use a turkey baster to apply strong pressure to each head until it runs clear. Blow off the excess water with mouth or blow dryer. Insert into the printer and proceed to print. If that doesn't solve it, you might have a bad cartridge, but there isn't much that can go wrong with the cartridge. I have an ip4200 and an MP830. They have the same print heads and same cartridges. I have cleaned each twice and they work like new.